The lotus posture (the one referred to in the article) is difficult to attain and requires a great deal of flexibility to perform comfortably. Try it: unless you are very fit and flexible you won't be able to do it (I can't and I do martial arts and stretch regularly).

Being able to get to poses like that is a process. There's more to yoga than just sitting comfortably, and the asanas (postures) are designed to enhance meditation. They take practice to master.

There are texts discussing these postures that date back to 500CE. They've been around awhile.

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Good news! Your insurance company says they'll cover you. Unfortunately, they also say it will be with dirt.

Actually, having some experience with Cracked's editorial procedures ( <cough> ), you cannot write a list article on Cracked without reliable, verified sources. You're not even permitted to write the article until after you present a researched pitch that provides multiple verified sources. They don't accept any random website as a source either. You need legit sources they can follow up on before they even green light a rough draft.

Before you can write any ha ha, you have to basically submit a thesis -.-

That doesn't mean they can't be wrong. I can't remember the article, but they had something that was on a topic I'm rather well-versed in that was not at all factual. Not all sources are created equal, and even good ones can have bad info.

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Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

That doesn't mean they can't be wrong. I can't remember the article, but they had something that was on a topic I'm rather well-versed in that was not at all factual. Not all sources are created equal, and even good ones can have bad info.

I'm not saying they're infallible. Just that you can't dismiss them just for being a comedy website. They dot their i's and cross their t's on research like anyone else.